Software

Digital Help with the Common Application

Created by the founders of Ivey College Consulting, Inline® software provides real-time, expert help for college applications that use the Common Application® platform. It works with the Common App general questions, as well as with 650+ college supplements and essays. Get started with your FREE copy here to give your applications the edge.

Books

How to Prepare a Standout College Application

Alison and Anna downloaded all their tips and tricks for cracking every section of the college application into their book How to Prepare a Standout College Application (available in stores and on Amazon). Readers can stay in touch with us through our book page on Facebook, where we post regularly. We especially welcome photos of your copy of the book, hopefully dog-eared, festooned with post-its, and used. Email us photos here and we'll put them up on Facebook.

Admission Matters: What Students and Parents Need to Know about Getting Into College.

Team member Joyce co-authored Admission Matters: What Students and Parents Need to Know about Getting Into College. It's the perfect complement to Alison and Anna's book, because it gives a whole overview of the entire admissions process, including picking the right school, navigating the financial aid process, and much more. (Available in stores and on Amazon.)

Personalized College admissions Consulting

We are former admissions officers and experts at coaching applicants through all phases of the application process. We can help you every step of the way, and our packages are designed to give you maximum flexibility. You can sign up for a little bit of help or a lot, with every phase of the process or just one or two. You choose.

Selecting your package of college services is as simple as determining where you are in the process and identifying what help you need.

If you have applied early to one or more colleges, the decision letter you received might not have contained a final decision. Instead of being admitted or denied, you might be notified that you have been "deferred."

Have you already lined up your recommenders? If not, get cracking, because they are your key allies in the application process. Best case scenario, you already talked to them at the end of 11th grade about writing recommendations for you.

Colleges typically require academic recommendations, which are recommendations from your teachers in high school, and some don't let you submit any others. But other colleges also give you the opportunity to submit "other" (non-academic) recommendations from people who aren't your teachers.